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1. These Regulations may be cited as the Valuation (Telecommunications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1997.
2. In these Regulations—
(a)any reference to hereditaments used for any purpose includes a reference to hereditaments which are unused but in relation to which it appears that when next in use they will be used for such a purpose;
(b)any reference to a company by name is a reference to that company registered by or bearing that name at the date its name is entered in the valuation list.
3. Anything which would (apart from these Regulations) be more than one hereditament shall be treated as one hereditament if it is—
(a)occupied by or, if unoccupied, owned by British Telecommunications plc; and
(b)occupied by posts, wires, underground cables and ducts, telephone kiosks, towers, masts, switching equipment, or other equipment, or easements, or wayleaves, being property used for the purpose of the monitoring, processing or transmission of communications signals for the provision of telecommunications services.
4. Anything which would (apart from these Regulations) be more than one hereditament shall be treated as one hereditament if it is—
(a)occupied by or, if unoccupied, owned by Mercury Communications Limited; and
(b)occupied by posts, wires, underground cables and ducts, telephone kiosks, towers, masts, switching equipment, or other equipment, or easements, or wayleaves, being property used for the purpose of monitoring, processing or transmission of communications signals for the provision of telecommunications services.
5. Anything which would (apart from these Regulations) be more than one hereditament shall be treated as one hereditament if it is—
(a)occupied by or, if unoccupied, owned by Cabletel (Northern Ireland) Limited; and
(b)occupied by posts, wires, underground cables and ducts, telephone kiosks, towers, masts, switching equipment, or other equipment, or easements, or wayleaves, being property used for the purpose of monitoring, processing or transmission of communications signals for the provision of telecommunications services.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on
L.S.
V. N. Hewitt
Assistant Secretary
21st February 1997.
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